• 1949, changes to the British North America Acts could be made only by the British Parliament. The British North America (No. 2) Act, 1949, gave the Parliament...
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    extended to the other British North American colonies. With the passage of the British North America Act, 1867 by the British Parliament, Upper and Lower...
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    British North America comprised the colonial territories of the British Empire in North America from 1783 onwards. English colonisation of North America...
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    The Constitution Act, 1867 (French: Loi constitutionnelle de 1867), originally enacted as the British North America Act, 1867 (BNA Act), is a major part...
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    to as the Quebec Act, 1774. In 1898, the British Parliament authorised the use of a short title, the British North America (Quebec) Act, 1774, but that...
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    The British North America Act, 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 35), also known as the Act of Union 1840, (French: Acte d’Union) was approved by Parliament in July...
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    became Canada, the British West Indies in reference to its various island territories, Belize, and Guyana. The term British North America was used in 1783...
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    Brunswick.' However, although Canada was unified under the British North America Act, the act contained no general declaration or recognition of the fact...
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    and Newfoundland on 23 March 1949. It was originally titled the British North America Act 1949, but was renamed in Canada on the patriation of the Canadian...
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  • British North America Act, 1867, including re-naming it the Constitution Act, 1867. In addition to patriating the Constitution, the Constitution Act,...
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  • The British North American Act was a Canadian psychedelic rock band formed in Montreal, Quebec, in 1968. The group recorded one studio album, In the Beginning...
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    provinces began with the British North America Act, 1867 (officially called the Constitution Act, 1867, in Canada). This act combined the Province of...
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    North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres. North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic...
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  • Report on the Affairs of British North America, the British Parliament adopted, in June 1840, the Act of Union. The new Act, which effected the legislative...
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  • Canada primarily meant amending the British North America Act, 1867. Unlike most other constitutions, however, the Act had no amending formula; instead,...
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    Constitution Act, 1867 (formerly the British North America Act, 1867) and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Constitution Act, 1867 provides...
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    Senate of Canada under section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867 (now known as the Constitution Act, 1867). On October 19, 1927, the Cabinet submitted...
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    in the British North America Act, 1867 (now the Constitution Act, 1867). Upon the conclusion of the discussions by the delegates, the British government...
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    England in 1686. Under the British North America Act 1867, the partially self-governing colonies of British North America were united into the Dominion...
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  • At the time of the American Civil War (1861–1865), Canada did not yet exist as a federated nation. Instead, British North America consisted of the Province...
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  • Canadian jurisprudence which proposed that as a consequence of the British North America Act, certain important civil liberties could not be abrogated by the...
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    Confederation which occurred on July 1, 1867, with the passing of the British North America Act, 1867, when the three separate colonies of the United Canadas...
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  • Act, 1867 (formerly called the British North America Act, 1867) The Constitution Act, 1982 The Constitution Act (British Columbia) Constitutional Act...
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    Canadian Confederation (category British North America)
     6–7. ISBN 978-0-87891-917-8. British Columbia Terms of Union, May 16, 1871. British North America Act, 1867, s. 146. British Columbia Terms of Union, para...
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    Canada (category Countries in North America)
    constructed for horses Because Britain still maintained control of Canada's foreign affairs under the British North America Act, 1867, its declaration of war...
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  • Supreme Court was: "Does the word 'Persons' in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?" In 1928, the Supreme Court unanimously...
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  • division of powers is set out in the Constitution Act, 1867 (originally called the British North America Act, 1867), a key document in the Constitution of...
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    Durham's Report on the Affairs of British North America and to the Act of Union 1840 which partially reformed the British provinces into a unitary system...
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  • constitution of Canada was primarily contained in the British North America Act, 1867 and other British North America Acts, which were passed by the Parliament of...
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    Constitution Act, 1867, is the constitutional statute that established Canada. Originally named the British North America Act, 1867, the act continues to...
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